I stop dead.
“Because I don’t hate you,” he rasps.
I hear his footsteps closing in on me but don’t move a muscle.
“Fuck, Dia, you’re probably the person I hate least on this earth.”
I tense when his breath fans the back of my neck, letting me know that he’s much closer than I thought.
“I can’t do this right now.” I begin to open the door, but Finn has other plans. He smacks his bruised hand on the door, holding it closed.
“I didn’t cheat on you,” he says quietly.
My heart immediately aches to believe him.
Don’t fall for it, Dia.
Be strong.
As if he can feel my resolve crumbling, Finn buries his face into the crook of my shoulder from behind. I can’t breathe, stiff as a brick wall as he inhales deeply and whispers something against my skin.
“Did you hear me? I didn’t cheat on you. I’d never do that.”
I have to squeeze my eyes shut to keep myself in check when his lips trail down my neck.
“I love you, Diamond. I love you so fucking much. I didn’t cheat on you. You have to believe me.” He inhales my scent again, like he’s desperate to memorize it.
That’s when I snap out of it. I can’t believe how fast I turn around and push him off me.
“Just like I believed you when you said you didn’t know anyone named Remy?”
Guilt flashes in his eyes.
“Okay, fine, I lied about that part, but only because I didn’t want you to worry. It was meaningless, Dia. She’s meaningless.”
“It’s always been you, Rem. Everything but you,”I choke out, quoting the exact words he said to her in the video, and the color drains from his face. I only saw the video twice, but it was enough to engrave the words inside my brain. “Does that sound meaningless to you?”
Finn opens his mouth to speak, but I swing the bathroom door open and bolt out before he’s able to get a word in.
“Dia, wait,” he calls behind me.
I pick up the pace, tearing through the crowd as fast as I can, but he still manages to catch up with me. I’ve barely taken two steps into the living room when my feet sink into the hardwood floor.
She’s here.
She’s fucking here.
Remy.
She’s standing by the door with Lacey and a few other girls I don’t know. They’re talking, laughing as though my whole world isn’t falling apart. I thought I didn’t blame her, but now that I’m seeing her in person? I do blame her. I know I shouldn’t, but I hate her just as much as I hate Finn.
“Dia, just wait two fucking seconds. I—”
I glance at Finn when he doesn’t complete his sentence. Sure enough, he’s looking at her. The girl he promised was “no one.” The girl he named his car after.
Remy immediately notices him across the room, and her red lips stretch into a wicked smile. Finn glances back at me shortly after. His gaze shifts between the both of us for long seconds, as though he’s struggling to make up his mind.
“Fuck it,” he finally says.
Then he goes to her.
That’s right.
He. Goes. To. Her.
He heads straight for Remy, grabs her wrist the same way he grabbed mine earlier, and drags her into Theo’s bedroom.